Apparatus and method for providing messaging services

摘要

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a voicemail device having a controller to detect a recording of a voicemail message, generate a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message, wherein the SIP message contains visual voicemail data associated with the recorded voicemail message, and transmit the SIP message to a cordless phone system, wherein the SIP message is received by the cordless phone system over a data port of the cordless phone system, wherein the cordless phone system comprises a base station and at least one cordless communications device, wherein the visual voicemail data is retrieved by the base station, and wherein the visual voicemail data is transmitted by the based station to the at least one cordless communications device by utilizing a cordless wireless access protocol. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
detecting a recording of a voicemail message directed to a user; generating a session initiation protocol message containing visual voicemail data associated with the voicemail message and containing status information pertaining to a voicemail box of the user; transmitting the session initiation protocol message to a cordless phone system, wherein the cordless phone system communicates using a digital enhanced cordless telecommunications protocol and retrieves the status information from the session initiation protocol message for display to the user; receiving a request for the voicemail message from the cordless phone system; transcoding the voicemail message to a predetermined format for the cordless phone system to generate a transcoded voicemail message; and transmitting the transcoded voicemail message to the cordless phone system.